The Timothy Conference

T H E T I M O T H Y C O N F E R E N C E

2. As Sovereign Lord over all.

(Psalms 135:3-6, ESV) Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing to his name, for it is pleasant! [4] For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession. [5] For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. [6] Whatever the Lord pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.

B. The mystery of iniquity: war in the heavenlies through Satanic rebellion, Isaiah 14.12-17.

C. The Fall: humankind’s self-reliance, voluntary rebellion, and tragic disobedience, Genesis 3.1-7.

1. The loss of freedom : the entrance of sin and Satanic bondage.

2. The absence of wholeness : the inauguration of sickness and reality of death.

3. The end of justice : the brokenness and fragmentation of human relationships.

D. The proto-evangelium : the first telling of the Gospel, Genesis 3.15.

(Genesis 3:15, ESV) I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

II. God’s Rule Has Been Inaugurated Through God’s Covenant Promise Culminating in the Person and Work of Jesus Christ.

A. The Abrahamic covenant: Genesis 12.1-3.

1. For all the families of the earth (i.e., Yahweh is not a tribal Semitic God but the God of all peoples everywhere).

(Genesis 12:1-3, ESV) Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. [2] And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. [3] I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

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